A Greek council of judges in Athens on Friday ordered two police officers to stand trial for the murder of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos that sparked violent protests in December. Officer Epameinonta Korkonea, who is accused of shooting...
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The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday sentenced a former Bosnian Serb army commander to 25 years imprisonment for ordering an attack that killed 71 and wounded 150. Novak Djukic was charged ...
The Myanmar court conducting the trial of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has delayed the proceedings for at least two weeks, according to Friday media reports. Suu Kyi's lawyers requested the delay [AP...
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Thursday criticized Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown for failing to consult with London before agreeing to accept four Uighur Guantanamo detainees . Bermuda is a UK territory,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that the US government can continue to withhold photos of alleged detainee abuse while it awaits a response from the US Supreme Court . The...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied bail to Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black , leaving him the option of filing a request in district court. The one-page denial was issued...
The government of Sri Lanka has failed for the past two decades to redress alleged human-rights violations such as torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report ...
Of 113 terrorism cases in the Netherlands between September 11, 2001 and 2008, only 27 have led to convictions according to a report Thursday in the NRC Handelsblad . The report states that...
Many human rights abuses that occurred during the war in Kosovo have gone uninvestigated and unpunished, Amnesty International (AI) , told Deutsche Welle Wednesday, which was the 10-year anniversary of the conflict's...
The Peruvian Congress voted Wednesday to suspend controversial land laws for 90 days, in an effort to quell indigenous protests that led to a violent clash [NACLA backgrounder; El Pais report,...
